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At least the Bulls' participatory issues have moved from training staff-related to travel. Everyone but Derrick Rose participated in an intense, 90-minute practice Wednesday at the Advocate Center. Barring a Kirk Hinrich setback or an injury during Thursday's session, the Bulls could be at full strength for just the 17th time Friday against the Pistons in Detroit. The Bulls said Rose experienced travel issues and didn't make it back for the first post-All-Star-break practice, which, according to coach Tom Thibodeau, featured an attacking Jimmy Butler during the scrimmage portion. Butler missed the final pre-break game with a strained right shoulder but vowed throughout...

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At least the Bulls' participatory issues have moved from training staff-related to travel.
Everyone but Derrick Rose participated in an intense, 90-minute practice Wednesday at the Advocate Center. Barring a Kirk Hinrich setback or an injury during...

NEW YORK — The last time the NBA held the All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden, Michael Jordan, fittingly, scored 23 points en route to most valuable player honors in 1998.
Numerical symmetry is nice. Brotherly love is something altogether more...

NEW YORK — In his first comments since missing the Bulls' final six quarters before the All-Star break to a strained right shoulder, first-time All-Star Jimmy Butler said he's targeting the Bulls' first game back, Friday against the Pistons in Detroit,...

The NBA All-Star Weekend's shortest attraction will return for a fifth engagement.
Five-foot-4-inch comedian Kevin Hart headlines the 11th edition of the celebrity game, where he has earned three most valuable player honors. The basketball...

As if earning his first All-Star start isn’t enough, the Bulls’ Pau Gasol will jump center Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden against the Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol. They’re the first brothers to be voted starters in NBA history.
“It’s a great accomplishment,...

LONDON — O.J. Mayo scored 22 points, Brandon Knight had 20 points and six steals, and the Milwaukee Bucks routed New York 95-79 on Thursday night, extending the Knicks' franchise-record losing streak to 16.
With the Knicks showing why they have lost 26...

Pau Gasol had just scored a career-high 46 points and added 18 rebounds.
He had become the first player 34 or older to post 44 or more points and 15 or more rebounds in the last 30 years.
Gasol's performance marked the first time an NBA player posted at...

ESPNNewYork reports: Knicks players, guard Tim Hardaway Jr. in particular, are at odds with Carmelo Anthony and have told the All-Star forward that he shoots too much, doesn't move or pass and only plays defense when he feels like it.Sources said...

It seems fitting that the lone time the Bulls have faced Luol Deng since trading him to the Cavaliers on Jan. 7, both he and Jimmy Butler logged 40 or more minutes in the Bulls' Jan. 22 road victory.
Deng took Butler under his wing when Deng stood as Tom...

TV/radio: 7 p.m. Thursday; TNT, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The Knicks, expected to be in the rebuilding phase, have been a bumbling, stumbling mess and are just 2-11 on the road. The Bulls are 4-3 in the first of back-to-back games.
Trending: The Bulls...

Joakim Noah had full participation in practice Wednesday, and though the Bulls officially listed him as questionable, Noah said it’s “likely” he’ll return Thursday to face the Knicks, a sentiment echoed by coach Tom Thibodeau.
“I’m feeling pretty good...

Carmelo Anthony returned to the United Center Thursday for the first time since since the Chicago Bulls wined and dined him during July free agency.
Coach Tom Thibodeau enjoyed the opportunity to better get to know the Knicks star and offered nothing but...

Even as they welcomed back Joakim Noah from a four-game absence due to a sore right ankle, the Bulls were short-handed again Thursday.
Derrick Rose wasn’t at the United Center because of illness, while Taj Gibson was sidelined by a sore right ankle...

Carmelo Anthony's first trip to the United Center since the Bulls wined and dined him when he was a free agent in July recalled the 2010-11 season.
That's when the Bulls, after aggressively pursuing eventual Heat-bound LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris...

NEW YORK -- Point guard John Wall totaled 24 points and 11 assists and the Washington Wizards rolled to a wire-to-wire 102-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
Wall posted his 17th double-double and made...

The Bulls have tried stealing some minutes for rookie Nikola Mirotic at small forward.
At this rate, the experiment may only last a short time.
"It's hard for him to pick up two positions right now," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "When he...

You’d think I would hear about Derrick Rose sightings around town more often. The former NBA MVP is the most recognizable athlete in Chicago along with the Bears’ Jay Cutler and Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane. Rose, however, manages to keep a low profile. I get...

A standout high school basketball player from Libertyville died recently from injuries he suffered after falling off a balcony during a college party in Columbia, Mo. Jack Lipp, 19, of Libertyville, fell from a second story balcony just after 2 a.m. Dec....